GO Group @ Exit Festival 10 & 11 july 2014 | Novi Sad

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GO Group - “Opening” - Exit Festival, Novi Sad, 10&11 july 2014 1 What is GO Group? GO stands for Green Operations Europe.

GO Group is an independent, pan-European and cross industry think-tank to inspire people in the festival and events industry to run their operations

Greener, smarter, more sustainable.

GO Group - “Opening” - Exit Festival, Novi Sad, 10&11 july 2014 2 What is GO Group? Initiated at 1st GreenEvents Europe Conference in nov 2010 and founded in early 2011 by

 Buckinghamshire New University  GreenEvents Europe Conference  Green Music Initiative  Yourope | The European Festival Association

GO Group - “Opening” - Exit Festival, Novi Sad, 10&11 july 2014 3 What is GO Group?

identify international best practices

communicate and share

establish working relationships

GO Group - “Opening” - Exit Festival, Novi Sad, 10&11 july 2014 4 GO Group Activities

5th GreenEvents Europe Conference Wissenschaftszentrum, Bonn, Germany 03 & 04 November 2013 5 GO Group Activities

GO Group @ Eurosonic/Norderslag 3 panels on event sustainability De Oosterport, Groningen, Netherlands 15 & 16 January 2015

3rd Green Operations Award Category @ European Festival Awards Ceremony: 14 January 2015 Last year's winners: Way Out West (SWE '13), We Love Green (FRA'12) 6 GO Group @ Berlin Music Week 3. & 4. Sep 2014 GO Group @ Amsterdam Dance Event 15. Oct 2014 GO Group @ MAMA Paris 16. Oct 2014

7 GO Group supports

8 International Campsite Initiative with A Greener Festival, Love Your Tent, Sounds For Nature et al. 9 Thu 10 July 2013 – “Food, Drinks & Rock’n’Roll” 14.25 Opening & first round-up 14:45 „Exit Festival“ case study Jelena Kis 15:15 „Good Food For Festivals“ by Claire O’Neill 15:45 coffee break 16:00 „Good practise & great examples“ by Holger Jan Schmidt 16:40 „We Love Green - Conscious Food“ case study Noélie Balez 17:15 open discussion

Fri 12 July 2013 – “ High Voltage – Power, Energy & Festivals“ 13.00 "Electrified! What you don't know about electricity" Sebastian Fleiter 13:40 „EEMusic – Energy Efficient Music Culture“ Jacob Bilabel 14:25 coffee break 14:40 "Cut back CO2 emissions and $ave on your budget with a smart power plan!”" case study Paul Schurink 15:20 open discussion 10 GO Group - “Opening” - Exit Festival, Novi Sad, 10&11 july 2014 11 Thanks a lot for your attention

Pls. visite us online

www.go-group.org facebook.com/gogroupeurope twitter.com/gogroupeurope

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